by Sara Robinson | Mar 6, 2009 | Blog
My fictitious conservative uncle—let's call him Uncle Con—is at it again. "Americans don't need socialized medicine!" he bellows, doing his very best Rush Limbaugh impression—which pretty much lets you know where this particular set of talking points came from. (When...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 6, 2009 | Blog, Economy
Anti-labor forces this week are reprising an old argument about the Employee Free Choice Act: Making it easier for employees to join unions will cost employees their jobs. The latest entry in this fusillade of propaganda comes from something called the Alliance to...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 6, 2009 | Blog
Ever since President Obama announced his plan to forestall foreclosures, many of those lucky enough to have burned their mortgages have angrily suggested that less frugal homeowners get the Creep of the Week award. While acknowledging such...
by Bill Scher | Mar 6, 2009 | Blog
The Washington Post had an interesting lead sentence for its coverage of the White House health care summit: "...President Obama yesterday reiterated his pledge to enact comprehensive legislation this year, an ambitious undertaking many say is further complicated by...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 4, 2009 | Blog
They're at it again. Conservatives, in concert with the health insurance industry, are desperately reaching for relevance on health care. But what they call CPR is really DNR — a "do not resuscitate" order for a health care system in critical condition. "Conservatives...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 4, 2009 | Blog
Leo W. Gerard: Economist James K. Galbraith, the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations at the University of Texas, recently told Deborah Solomon of the New York Times that you are “the person with the most serious claim” for predicting the...
